雅思阅读真题+题目+答案:the eiffel tower

雅思阅读真题+题目+答案:the eiffel tower

雅思阅读真题原文如下：

High above the city of Paris the Eiffel Tower looks over the thousands of tourists that visit her each day. One of the greatest sites in Paris, the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889 for the great Paris Exposition.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who also designed the Statue of Liberty, put his design forward amongst 700 other designs and Eiffel’s design was chosen collectively without any further thought. The decision was made to build this radical creation and two years later it was completed. Eiffel had originally decided to build the tower in Barcelona, for the Universal Exposition of 1888, but organizers and planners in Barcelona thought it was a bizarre and expensive construction, which did not fit into the design of the city.

After the design and build of the Eiffel Tower was confirmed for Paris, a petition was signed by over 300 names to fight against the building of this project. These names included Parisian architects, engineers and famous citizens of Paris. Eiffel was heavily castigated for his design and was accused of designing something for its appearance and artistic appeal with no regard to engineering; opponents to the building claimed that the design did not have sufficient stability to withstand the high winds its height would be exposed to. But Eiffel and his team of ex bridge builders understood the importance of wind forces, and the shape of the tower was largely decided by mathematical calculation involving wind resistance.

French painters, sculptures and writers did not see the beauty in the tower and referred to it as useless and monstrous. However, the Eiffel tower was admired by many notable people (Rousseau was particularly impressed) and construction began in 1887 and was soon completed by the end of 1889. In 1909 it was almost demolished because of the expiration of its 20 year lease but was saved due to its antennas used for telegraphy at the time, With such a difficult beginning to the Tower. It is now internationally recognized and is a symbol of Paris completely accepted and valued by its French Citizens.

It took 300 workers and 15,000 pieces of iron to complete this massive landmark which now stands at 320 metres tall. With three different levels, the third and highest level offers panoramic views of the City of Paris and sits 276 metres above the ground. Today all three levels of the Eiffel Tower are observatory platforms. The first level offers a souvenir kiosk, gallery and restaurant. The second level offers telescopes, shops and another restaurant with even more spectacular views, the third offers a gallery featuring the history of the Eiffel Tower; a wax reproduction of Gustave Eiffel and his original office restoration. Although stairs are still available, lifts commonly take passengers to all three of these levels.

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Questions 17-19

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write your answers in boxes 17- 19 on your answer sheet

17.The Eiffel Tower was

A first built in Barcelona.

B the only design considered.

C selected by one man.

D built in time for an exposition.

18.In Paris, some people

A argued that it was too expensive.

B wrote letters against the project.

C thought it would not last in the environment

D believed there was not enough room for the design.

19 . The Eiffel Tower

A is 276 metres tall.

B has a souvenir shop on the third floor.

C has two restaurants.

D is the oldest monument in Europe.

Questions 20-22

Complete the summary using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from Reading Passage 2 for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 20 – 22 on your answer sheet

Despite some opposition, construction of the tower was concluded by 20 ________________

It was almost dismantled in the early 1900s as its 21 ________________ had expired, but was kept because of an 22 ________________ used for telegraphic transfers.

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